7.21.2006

A Leading Indicator of Legitimacy?

Bulleted list of trip highlights:* Apple, Blue Cheese, Artichoke, and Garlic Pizza from the Big Tomato in Des Moines * Hours of Kill, Fuck, or Marry* John trying to prove he's a nice enough guy to be Marika/Elisabeth's "Marry" choice* THE BRACKET GAME* David picking "drunk" over "mother"* John's imitation of Dot missing us* Breakfast in Toledo, particularly plugging the jukebox* Birch water and John's wild raspberries in Central Pennsylvania* Being picked up and spun around by both Taylor and Mike while Cordey urinated in the street* Sicilia's* Breakfast at Brickway* Standing on Thayer Street for at least an hour, just talking* Big meal at Apsara for 8 people, only $45* THE BRACKET GAME* "Christopher Walken" versus "Wisdom"* BreAnne's mojitos* Bagel Gourmet on the MCM Green* True Providence BBQ* Lightbulb jokes* Julian's* Amtrak along the shoreline* NYC barcrawl 'til 4 AM* Watching the World Cup finals in Mark Montalto's crazy Upper East Side housesitting flat* Hours queued up for Upright Citizens Brigade tickets* Random people from Brown also in line* Seeing Horatio Sanz and the rest of the UCB crew up close, for free* Brooklyn Lager* J-Vass's handlebar moustache* Gianna's veggie Philly cheese-steak* Pumpkin surprise visit* TV Carnage over and over* Philly dive bar, where you just order "lager"* The "threesome"* "Different Places!"* The Gayborhood* The beautiful horseshoe curve in the Alleghenys* Wandering around Pittsburgh with all our luggage* Finally sleeping on the train to Chicago* Track 11* Cold, delicious beer right away at Fran's* The view from Ken's office, Chicago Loop* The original Marshall Field's* Chicago Style architecture, up close* Sunset in Iowa* Pulling into Lincoln in a new way for the first time* My parents at 2 in the morning* Seeing Dot again